Elgar was pre-eminently the composer of large forms. Complex, lengthy development of musical ideas was for him a measure of genius. His songs, with the exception of the orchestral cycle Sea Pictures , were not often the vehicles for his most striking ideas. Paradoxically, he was also bedevilled by a fine literally taste. He once told a friend that he felt it better to set the best second-rate poet…

20 RomancesInstrument : medium (low) voice and pianoNombre de Pages : 104Content : My Guardian, My Angel, My Friend - A Tear Hangs There op. 6/4 - None But The Lonely Heart op. 6/6 - Rest You Now, O My Heart op. 25/1 - No Answer Now op 28/5 - Don Juan's Serenade op. 38/1 - At The Ball op. 38/3 - O, Could You But for One Short Hour op. 38/4 - The Love of One Dead op. 38/5 - Pimpinella op. 38/6 - O …

Available for the first time as a set this joyful cycle of five religious songs illustrates Thompson's extraordinary skill at matching music to text. (Various religious texts.)Contents: Before Sleeping ·From the Canticle of the Sun · Jerusalem My Happy Home · My Master Hath a Garden · Sung by the Shepherds.

20 Romanzen. Par TCHAIKOVSKI PIOTR ILITCH. Continuing our tradition of publishing Russian music, we are proud to present two invaluable volumes of Tchaikovsky's songs. These have been specially compiled by the distinguished piano accompanist Roger Vignoles, who has created new and idiomatic English singing translations to help both performers and students. These can be used for performance, or as …

A compilation of the best-loved classical tunes of Russian composers, from Borodin to Prokofiev, arranged for two flutes. Wonderfully romantic: These arrangements of world-famous orchestra tunes for two flutes will be loved by young and older players alike. The melodies of Russian master composers are sure to inspire a dance of the fingers. Many people grow up with melodies from ballets such as T…